Artefacts in Roman Britain
Subtitle: their purpose and use
By: [edited by] Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521860123
Other titles: Artifacts in Roman Britain
Description: "Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. A series of themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discusses artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"--

"Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. Themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discuss artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction Lindsay Allason-Jones; 1. Commerce Richard Brickstock; 2. Transport Nina Crummy; 3. Industry W. H. Manning; 4. Agriculture Sîan Rees; 5. Military life M. C. Bishop; 6. Writing and communication R. S. O. Tomlin; 7. Domestic life Quita Mould; 8. Lighting and heating Hella Eckhardt; 9. Personal ornament Ellen Swift; 10. Recreation Lindsay Allason-Jones; 11. Medicine and hygiene Ralph Jackson; 12. Religion Joanna Bird; 13. Funerary rites Hilary Cool.